#4E4E20#4E4E20

#4E4E20 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.066 H 109.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E20
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.20, -7.26, 26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.20, 27.77, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.3% -0.0215 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(41.3% 0.066 109)
XYZ	xyz(6.1271, 7.1729, 2.4280)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E20 #20204E

analogous

#4E3720 #4E4E20 #374E20

triadic

#4E4E20 #204E4E #4E204E

tetradic

#4E4E20 #204E37 #20204E #4E2037

square

#4E4E20 #204E37 #20204E #4E2037

split-complementary

#4E4E20 #20374E #37204E

monochromatic

#161609 #23230E #4E4E20 #797932 #A5A544

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#4E4E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E4E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E20

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E20	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.066 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817f5d',
    500: '#4e4e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e20;
$custom-light: #817f5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41298,
    "c": 0.06617,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.07173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E20

secondary

#474782

accent

#56D256

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E20

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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